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 Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:41 am
Months ago, I read an article about bodily dysmorphic disorder, and as I read it I noticed that I had some of the symptoms fixating on my acne, but I thought "nah, I couldn't have that, I'm just being paranoid."
Now, recently my fixation with my acne has been getting worse and worse. My face-picking has become almost constant - in class, I would pick at my acne so much that I would tear at the skin and bleed, at least once a day, usually more than once. Lately my anxiety about my face has become worse as my feelings of depression of hopelessness have increased and I always feel disgustingly hideous because of my acne. Even now that most of it is pretty much gone and all that's left is a lot of scars, I still feel ugly and desperate. I use a lot of products, only recently have I cut down my routine, which is still very elaborate and time-consuming, requiring me to get up even earlier than usual (I used to get up at 5:50 on school days, not I get up at 5:35 on school days to wash, tone, mousturize, and treat my acne and scars, although on non-school days I sleep in as usual). Lately, I've suspected that I have a problem
Then, today as I was doing some research on acne and acne treatments, I found an article on acne dysmorphia, and decided to read it. I realized that I have a lot of the symptoms listed. Now I'm very sure I have a problem, and I want to tell my parents so I can get evaluated and treated if a doctor does decide I have a dysmorphic disorder. Thing is, it took me years to convince them I have ADHD, and I just don't think they'll believe that my symptoms are really severe and that I do have a problem and need help.
I'm not asking for acne treatment advice. I repeat, I am not asking for advice on how to treat my acne! I just want to know what I should do about this problem that I really do think I have. How do I explain this to my parents in a way that they might actually believe me? I want to get help, but since I'm only 17 and I would need their help to get professional help, the first step is to either tell them I need help, or wait until my yearly checkup, which isn't until June.
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Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:02 pm
If you are still in school, you could talk to a counselor. If the counselor thinks you do need to see someone else, he or she can talk to your parents and explain the situation.
You could try printing out an article on the subject for them read. Tell them that there isn't any harm in letting you to talk to someone about it to see if they think you do have it.
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